Category Archives: courses

Low cost workshop course in Ireland

Posted on 08/06/2012 by admin

I am off to Ireland soon to help teach a course with Jimmy and Miriam of Eirbyte in Leitrim.  The course runs from 18th – 23rd June near Keshcarrigan This will be a practical hands-on week of workshop time, running … Continue reading →

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Fundy Solar building Recipe wind turbines in Canada

Posted on 06/06/2012 by admin

The full story is here “We also lead workshops on how to build these machines. If you are interested in owning one, a workshop is the best way to learn the ins and outs of maintenance, performance and monitoring. It … Continue reading →

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Photos of the Scoraig wind turbine building workshop

Posted on 12/05/2012 by admin

Participants: 6 (Robert, Jonathan, Kostas, Benji, Yanti and Kern) Dates: 5-12 May 2012  Location: Scoraig. Project: 3 metre machine using ferrite/ceramic magnets at 24VDC Poles: 10, (3 magnet blocks 50 x 50 x 20 per pole) Coils: 12 (37 turns … Continue reading →

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Upcoming course in Ireland

Posted on 28/04/2012 by admin

On 18th June I will be joining Jimmy and Miriam of Eirbyte for another fun workshop course.  Facebook page is here.  More information here. Here is a video of a previous workshop with Eirbyte: See this page for a calendar … Continue reading →

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Turbike.org

Posted on 06/04/2012 by admin

Turbike.org documents the progress of Sean Callagy‘s pedal powered alternator project in Ireland. Anyone who is trying to build a pedal powered generator should find this site interesting. The project is based on an alternator that we built with Eirbyte … Continue reading →

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Workshop Course on Scoraig in May

Posted on 28/01/2012 by admin

WHAT A hands-on wind turbine building workshop with Hugh Piggott.  These courses have been held since 2001, with small groups around 5-8 people building a wind turbine over a period of six days and testing it.  Activities include carving blades … Continue reading →

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Next year in Washington state

Posted on 13/12/2011 by admin

I’ll be teaching a “Homebuilt Wind Turbines” workshop course for Solar energy International on Guemes Island WA next October 15-20th 2012. This will be the sixth event of this name.  You can find some photo diaries and videos of previous … Continue reading →

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Curso de Fabricación de Aerogeneradores de Baja Potencia

Posted on 20/10/2011 by admin

500rpm in Argentina are running a course for wind turbine construction Download pdf http://www.500rpm.org/detalle_noticia_rpm.php?ID=233

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Workshop in Estonia

Posted on 04/10/2011 by admin

Criss and Madis who joined my workshop here at Scoraig last year have done a workshop at home is Estonia.  Here they are installing the 3 metre turbine on an existing wind site: You can see photos of the course … Continue reading →

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1200mm wind turbine workshop at Eirbyte

Posted on 19/09/2011 by admin

Don’t miss the Irish pipe music and some clever construction ideas. Eirbyte is here.

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